The Misadventure in Iraq as a Text Adventure.

Posted by Les on Thursday, January 19, 2006 at 11:57 AM. Read 958 times. Tags:
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Defective Yeti sat down and wrote up what the time line to the Iraq war might be like if it were a text adventure computer game:

    Oval Office
    You are standing inside a White House, having just been elected to the presidency of the United States. You knew Scalia would pull through for you.

    There is a large desk here, along with a few chairs and couches. The presidential seal is in the middle of the room and there is a full-length mirror upon the wall.

    What do you want to do now?

    > INVADE IRAQ
    You are not able to do that, yet.

    > LOOK MIRROR
    Self-reflection is not your strong suit.

    > PET SEAL
    It’s not that kind of seal.

    > EXAMINE CHAIRS
    They are two several chairs arranged around the center of the room, along with two couches. Under one couch you find Clinton’s shoes.

    > FILL SHOES
    You are unable to fill Clinton’s shoes.

Good stuff. Link found via Boing Boing.

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Momma United States Posted on 01/19/2006 at 12:29 PM

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Oh please continue with the game, it is the only way I can play too.

elwedriddsche United States Posted on 01/19/2006 at 01:48 PM

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Shouldn’t be too hard to code this in Inform

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zilch Austria Posted on 01/19/2006 at 02:22 PM

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LOL Hilarious!  Too bad it’s true!
When you need him, where’s the grue?

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Sepharo United States Posted on 01/19/2006 at 04:13 PM

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I can’t seem to find it on Boing Boing Les but here is another link for those of you who want to read the full “game”.

http://www.defectiveyeti.com/archives/001561.html

Great stuff, I still play IF games all the time. Many of these lines are so familiar in structure.

IF Archive http://www.ifarchive.org/ Free fun for all!

Sepharo United States Posted on 01/19/2006 at 04:14 PM

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Oh wow I am an idiot. I somehow managed to miss the entire first line of your post and attempt to click the boing boing link… So now we both have the same link posted.

elwedriddsche United States Posted on 01/19/2006 at 04:35 PM

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Science is answers that must always be questioned.
Philosophy is questions that may never be answered.
Religion is answers that must never be questioned.
Politics is answers that lobbyists pay for.

kent Great Britain (UK) Posted on 01/22/2006 at 11:55 AM

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Brought back memories.
Step through the mirror and down the rabbit hole grin

No hang on,that’s what George did.

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